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Kimberley will lead a session on Lego Robotics in C302 (Teacher/TA to support)

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Spy Robot - WeDo 2.0 Science - Lesson Plans - LEGO Education

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Introduces building and coding using the Motion Sensor.

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Milk Food Coloring And Dish Soap Experiment ~ Incredible Science

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DIY Recycling Crafts for Kids: Binoculars out of Plastic Bottles   Recycled Bottles Crafts

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( we can use play dough instead)

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- using shaving foam, water and food colouring

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Making a rain cloud in a jar is a fun and easy way to teach children how it rains.

Kids will love the magical wow factor and YOU'LL love the easy prep!

Check out the simple step-by-step below and then join The Plato Pack so you can access DOZENS more jaw dropping (but easy prep!) science experiments kids will love.

Getting Ready

To make our rain cloud in a jar we gathered a few simple items:

First, we mixed a few drops of food coloring into some water and set it aside. This was our "rain".

My preschooler loved making rain so much that we ended up repeating this activity several times with blue, yellow, purple, red, and green food coloring.

I filled our glass jar about 3/4 of the way full with cool water.

Once we made a fluffy "cloud" on top of the water using shaving cream we were ready to get to the fun part: making it rain!

Rain Cloud in a Jar

I instructed my preschooler to suck up some of the colored water into her pipette and then gently squirt it on top of our shaving cream cloud. She quickly became a pro.

As she squirted more and more water onto the shaving cream, our cloud became heavier and heavier.

Within a few minutes, the first drops of colored rain made their way through the cloud and dropped into the water underneath.

There were cheers of excitement and lots of jumping up and down as we watched the colored water drop down through the clouds!

We continued to saturate the shaving cream clouds with water until they started to deflate and melt down the side of the jar.

My daughter had so much fun, we rinsed out the jar and started all over again with a new rain color!

Rain Cloud Science

Clouds are formed when water vapor rises into the air and condenses onto tiny particles of dust. When billions of these droplets come together, a visible cloud forms.

Over time, the droplets and crystals that make up a cloud can attract more water to themselves.

When water droplets grow heavy enough, gravity pulls them down as raindrops.

Making a rain cloud in a jar is obviously a simplistic model of how it actually rains, but it gives young children a hands-on visual that is extremely valuable to their learning. Plus, it's fun!

More Fun for Little Scientists

Save time piecing together science lessons! Hop over and join The Plato Pack so you can download DOZENS more easy-prep science experiments and science units in one spot.

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Rain Cloud in a Jar - The Stem Laboratory

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Making a rain cloud in a jar is a fun and easy way to teach children how it rains. Kids will love the magical wow factor and YOU'LL love the easy prep! Check out the simple step-by-step below and then join The Plato Pack so you can access DOZENS more jaw dropping (but easy prep!)

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Make A Marble Run From Cardboard - Little Bins for Little Hands

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This cardboard tube marble run might look like simple play, but it’s filled with learning possibilities. Come up with your own DIY marble run.

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Walking water experiment

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WALKING WATER Easy Kids Science Experiments

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Easy & fun experiment for kids !! Egg in space

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Gifts for young scientists, artists and makers

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Keep the little ones amazed for hours ...

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Display these fantastic posters as prompts for guiding students through the STEM process from the initial problem through to final reflection.

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Simple Machines and Potato Holes | Science Buddies Blog

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In this week's family-friendly science activity, students experiment with pencils and straws to find the easiest method for drilling holes into a potato. Is there a way to use pencils or straws and take advantage of one of the six types of simple machines to help? Find out with a fun hands-on science activity!

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making hole through potato with straw (video)

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making hole through potato with straw (video)

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How To Make A Straw Pass Through A Potato

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https://www.ehow.com/how_2296664_make-soap-bubble-art.html

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Design for a better world
the competition has now finished but the activities can still be completed.

teacher notes

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D & T design challenge Practical Action | Schools | Practical Action

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A new design challenge and competition for students to develop an idea for a technology that will address a Global issue.

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Pupils look at technologies from the last 100 years then design a new sustainable technology for the future

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Practical action timeline STEM challenge | Schools | Practical Action

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Suitable for students 7-14 years, looking at technologies from the last 100 years and inventing a product for a more sustainable future.

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Back to School Science - Cool Experiments

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9 Awesome Science Tricks Using Static Electricity!

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9 Awesome Science Tricks Using Static Electricity!

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9 Awesome Science Tricks Using Static Electricity!

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9 Awesome Science Tricks Using Static Electricity!

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9 Awesome Science Tricks Using Static Electricity!

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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find out more about the trailblazing women involved in STEM

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ELEPHANT’S TOOTHPASTE: An impressive experiment you can try at home

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DIY: Soap Bubble Art | Personalize your Notebooks!

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STEAM week overview for goolge classrooms

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Another fun activity if you guys have time for it. =)